Psychiatric Hospital To Open Soon

September 29, 1985

OCALA — The new Charter Springs Hospital, a 68-bed psychiatric treatment center for adults, is scheduled to open at the end of October.

Grant Knowlton, marketing director for the hospital, 3130 S.W. 27th Ave., said the $8 million facility will have a 20-bed ward for treatment of persons dependent on drugs. The remaining 48 beds will be for treatment of psychiatric cases, he said.

The private hospital is owned by Charter Medical Corp., Macon, Ga., which owns about 75 hospitals, said Knowlton.

Gregory A. Williams, who was assistant administrator for seven years at Charter Glade Hospital, Fort Myers, will be the administrator.

Grant Center Hospital, Citra, is the only other private hospital in the area that offers psychiatric treatment, but the 100-bed hospital is for treatment of children.